Continental Europe

We are a leading global provider of commercial and consumer Property and Casualty (re)insurance.

The combination of our financial strength, world class expertise and market leading products and services offered through locally empowered country operations, positions us uniquely well to service our clients’ needs in Continental Europe.

Our culture is entrepreneurial, underwriting driven and client-focused, embedded in our core values of highest integrity and ethics.

We underwrite on a freedom of services and freedom of establishment basis across the EEA on SI Insurance (Europe), SA, (SIIE) paper, both from Luxembourg as well as from our local branches.

What we can do for you

Our broad suite of insurance solutions in Continental Europe includes:

Casualty
Financial Lines and Cyber
Property, Energy and Engineering Lines
Marine and Specialty
Accident & Health

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Commercial insurance offering and risk appetite in Continental Europe

Discover our suite of products and capabilities in Continental Europe driven by people empowered to tailor solutions that work for our clients.

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Ralph Brand

President, Continental Europe & Turkey

Hervé Marguin

Dirigeant Agréé SI Insurance (Europe), SA (SIIE)

Herndon Stokes

Head of Business Development, Insurance, Continental Europe

Angela Weiss

Chief Underwriting Officer, Insurance, Continental Europe

Jamie Cañellas

Country Manager, Insurance, Iberia

Malte Dittmann

Country Manager, Insurance, Germany & Austria

Marilyn Faugas

Country Manager, Insurance, France

Simona Fumagalli

Country Manager, Insurance, Italy

Bart Van Gysegem

Country Manager, Insurance, Belgium & Netherlands

Mathieu Borneuf

Head of Financial Lines, Insurance, Continental Europe

Stefano Chiurlo

Head of Accident & Health, Insurance, Continental Europe

Christian Graber

Head of Casualty, Insurance, Continental Europe

René Huber

Head of Marine & Specialty, Insurance, Continental Europe

Sander van Voorden

Head of Property, Energy & Engineering Lines, Insurance, Continental Europe

Matt Hoare

SVP, Head of Multinational Continental Europe

Malwine Tewes

Head of Risk Control, Continental Europe

Cédric Wells

Head of Claims, Insurance, Continental Europe

Expert perspectives on the modern risk landscape

March 2025
Pascal Matthey, Marine Risk Control Specialist for Continental Europe at Sompo, discusses in StrategicRISK the scale of the threat, and what steps companies and their risk managers can take to mitigate the risk as far as possible.

February 2025
Stefano Chiurlo, Head of Accident and Health, Insurance, Continental Europe, talks about Europe’s ageing population and the role of A&H insurance in the International Travel & Health Insurance Journal ITIJ

November 2024
Ralph Brand, President, Continental Europe Insurance, speaks to the The Insurer at the FERMA-Forum in Madrid.

April 2024
Ralph Brand, Marilyn Faugas and Jamie Cañellas talked to Commercial Risk Europe about Sompo’s expansion in France and Spain.

October 2023
Commercial Risk Europe interview with Ralph Brand

What’s new?

June 1, 2026
Sompo appoints Bart Van Gysegem Country Manager, Insurance for Belgium and the Netherlands

February 24, 2026
Sompo Receives Regulatory Approvals for Aspen Acquisition

November 3, 2025
Sompo appoints Sander van Voorden as Head of Property, Energy & Engineering Lines, Insurance, Continental Europe

September 23, 2025
Sompo appoints Cédric Wells Head of Claims, Insurance, Continental Europe

March 27, 2025
Sompo expands operations in Continental Europe with authorisation to write primary insurance in Belgium and the Netherlands

May 31, 2024
Malwine Tewes joins Sompo to lead Risk Control Services across Continental Europe Insurance